OGHS Speech, Debate & Broadcasting

This weekend we have some debating happening at Lee’s Summit West! Also S/O to Skylar Moriarty for breaking to Super Session in Student Congress! 🙌🏼👨🏻‍⚖️ #ogr6 @OG_Activities

The 2025-2026 Speech & Debate season is officially kicking off with some Novice competition at Belton & some Varsity competition at Ray-Pec! 💪🏼🔥 #ogr6 #gopanthers @OG_Activities

Update: Jean is in the top 8!!! Quarterfinal round is tomorrow morning! 😎 @OG_Activities

Top 16, here he comes‼️🔥 #nsdanationals2025 @OG_Activities

Why stop at the top 55, when you could break to the top 32?!?! Jean is still debating at Nationals. He’s prepping to dominate Round 8 💪🏼🧠 Go Panthers!! @OG_Activities

On Sunday, we hit the road and headed to Des Moines, Iowa for our National Tournament! 🌟 We have Jean Quivoron competing in Big Questions Debate! And he is Oak Grove High School’s first ever debate break at nationals! Jean broke to the top 55 out of 155! More results to come!!!

Day 2 of State!!! These competitors are ready to take on I.E. rounds today ‼️😎 Go Panthers! @OG_Activities

This group is on campus at MSU bright and early, ready to take on day 1 of our State Tournament! We have Debate competition today and I.E.’s tomorrow. 💪🏼🔥 #GoPanthers @OG_Activities

@OGHS_NSDA outstanding performance at the MSHSAA District Tournament, bringing home a District Debate Sweepstakes 2nd Place plaque and qualifying 7 competitors for State‼️ Great job, Panthers! #ogr6 #SpeechAndDebate #StateBound

After some snow days, we're back with an amazing episode with Oak Grove's Speech and Debate team! Thomas Cates, James Rohs and their coach Ashley Davis joined us in the Sonic Locker room today slr.news/schools/oak-gr… @OGHSPanthers @OGHS_NSDA @OG_Activities @AlthausEJC

This weekend we competed at our MRVC Conference tournament in Pleasant Hill! 🧡🖤 Thomas-IX (Conference Champ!) Mya-Storytelling (2nd) Logan-Radio (3rd) Wyatt-USX, Radio James-USX, Info @OG_Activities

These are the faces of some finalists at the Saturday, I.E. portion of the Warrensburg HS tournament!!! Congrats to Wyatt on placing 5th in Radio and 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking. And to Nycholaus on placing 3rd in Informative Speaking. 🏅🏅🏅 @OG_Activities

This weekend we’re competing at Warrensburg HS! Fri. Debate: Julia/Braelyn (PF) Thomas (LD)-1st 🏆 Sarah/Chase (PF)-4th 🏅 Dria/Issa (PF) Logan/Skylar (PF) Jean (LD)-4th 🏅 James (LD) Sat. I.E.’s (Results TBD) Nycholaus (Info) James (Info) Wyatt (USX, Radio) @OG_Activities pic.twitter.com/xd3guHYVbj

OGHS S&D competed at Liberty North this weekend. We had Skylar & Logan competing in PF, Skylar competing in Student Congress, and Jacob & Parker competing in LD. Huge congrats to Parker Ellmaker for placing 4th in Lincoln Douglas! 💪🏼🏆 @OG_Activities

Jean & Sarah decided to take some debate trophies home for Christmas from this weekend! 🎄 Jean-2nd in Lincoln Douglas Sarah- 4th in Lincoln Douglas @OG_Activities

This weekend we’re closing out the semester with some novice debate happening at Raytown South! We have the following competitors: Public Forum: Morgan & Braelyn Chase & Logan Skylar & John Lincoln-Douglas: Sarah Jean Parker Jacob @OG_Activities

For Adrian #40 #onceapantheralwaysapanther #BetterTogether

Final results from this weekend: Jean Quivoron- 3rd Place in LD Logan Northrop/Chase Nelson- 3rd Place in PF John Freeman/Skylar Moriarty- 4th Place in PF Julia Brown/Braelyn Stephenson- 4th Place in PF Thomas Cates- 4th Place in Champ LD

What’s that I hear? Oh, just some semifinalists in PF & LD at Park Hill South! 😎

These are the faces of some debate quarterfinalists! Let’s keep it rolling! 🍩 Jean Quivoron-LD (Novice) Julia Brown/Braelyn Stephenson-PF (Novice) Chase Nelson/Logan Northrop-PF (Novice) John Freeman/Skylar Moriarty-PF (Novice) Thomas Cates-Champ LD (Varsity)